WIML VLOG 💌 my career before becoming a full-time creator, 4th of july boat day in Austin, TX

Hello, welcome to the vlog. My name is Nali and we're gonna start another week in my life vlog I've been on a roll with these vlogs and I don't want to stop now. It's making me so so happy I forgot how much I love and hate editing YouTube videos. I've been doing it the whole morning literally starting at like 9 a.m And it's currently 2 and I was like this close to finishing it, but I didn't want to rush it The one thing I didn't get to was number one the thumbnail and that actually takes me quite a long time And then also I want to do the cute little intro I've been starting to do and like I said It's honestly one of those days that I don't feel quite in my body if that makes sense Like I feel a little bit Disassociated and I will say whenever I notice this it's days that I don't get up and go to the gym Which what's today cuz Keanu went to into the office I could have you know gone without her of course But I just feel like I have so much to do and there's not enough hours in the day And I still woke up pretty early and started working right away So I just feel like my mind is really really scrambled and low-key stressed, but we have a busy afternoon So it's not stopping here first. We're gonna go to the South Congress Hotel They're having a furniture sale because it is unfortunately closing down or somebody's buying it and renovating it I'm not exactly sure what's happening But me and Keanu want to check it out just you know in case we find anything good for a good price And then I'm headed straight to a studio shoot with Natalie. She was in one of my last vlogs. She's a travel content creator or a hospitality Photographer I can't remember the exact verbiage she used but she is going to do some branding photos today, so I'm super excited I'm shooting in one of my favorite studios in Austin, so that will be really fun, and that is that four to six She booked a two-hour window. I was like it's probably best to do that, so we're not as rushed I feel like with the way my brain feels right now It's gonna be really hard for me to remember to vlog today, but I am going to try my very best You guys he's just like letting us all in now I'm so excited Because I was about to have to leave without going in and that would have been really sad. Oh, there are cute shot shoes and stuff But I think we're going to the big furniture first, so let's check it out So pretty wow Okay kind of annoying because a lot of things are not available at this time stay tuned for round two What the hell is round two? When is round two? Damn This is gorgeous See We walked away with nothing it was kind of picked over we did a claw clip, and I just crimped it dang it oh Other side too stunning. Okay. Well. I guess it'll stay in a claw clip for the shoot I just got here, and we're a little bit early which means we're on time of course We're here at 350 and the only issue about shooting in the studio Is that they will only let you like come in right when your session like starts, so let's say you have an hour session in there They'll only let you come in at four and you have to leave by five And you I think you might get charged if you're like there a little bit later But usually other studios will give you like a 15-minute grace period somewhere in the front or the back And that's like really helpful to not be rushed So that's another reason why I tell my clients to like book a little bit longer than you might think because I just Hate being rushed especially in a studio where you think you're getting so much variety But then you just like feel so rushed cuz like the world is your oyster in a studio You know so I'm here, and I don't know if Natalie's here yet, but I am excited We are shooting in studio today with Natalie. She just went full-time Self-employed as a hospitality photographer. I love her work I need some kind of branding LinkedIn headshot vibes, but we're gonna have some fun with it We have some creative ideas. We're gonna play around with so Ready for just three two one. I love that do this top smile and look away relax your eyebrows Gonna be a good day Wednesday. I didn't end up vlogging yesterday. Just because I was on the computer all day I had a big wedding planning call for the design of the whole wedding talked about budget and all the things floral design and Gave them some minor tweaks I think I mentioned it in the last vlog But we are going to Cabo next weekend for more wedding planning in person and then my makeup trial my hair trial the wedding Tastings so for the welcome party. It's gonna be like all Indian food at least That's what we're really hoping for we are trying to hire an external caterer for that So we're gonna have a tasting with him and then also for the Four Seasons, which is our venue For the wedding day, so I'm really excited for that and I definitely want to plan a ton of content while I'm there but I also feel like it's going to be back-to-back-to-back because we're gonna be there for like three days and It's gonna be jam-packed like we have so much should get done so there's really not gonna be much time to like hang at the hotel and like chill by the pool which sucks because I could Really use a little beach vacation, but hopefully like we'll get like a few hours. I don't know. We'll see I think the Sun sets at like 7 and I think our wedding planning stuff is done by like 5 But I know it's probably gonna go longer I'm just telling myself not to expect a beach vacation because that's not what this is Unfortunately, even though we're staying in a really nice hotel But I got a quick workout in this morning and it is my bestie Kiana's birthday today So I gave her her birthday present this morning and then I think I'm gonna meet up with her at Barton Springs I like to ish to 30 She wanted to just like do something fun during the day and so she like blocked her whole work calendar off I actually have my swimsuit on under my clothes right now just to make it really easy for me. I got my towels I got the floaties. So we're ready for a Barton Springs pool day But first we are gonna get some work done and we're gonna work at a coffee shop I'm going back to fleet coffee on rainy like it is such a vibe in there. It is so cozy It's like a little bit dark, which I actually really prefer Editing or doing anything on the computer in the dark. I feel like I should just see my computer screen better I also don't think I've logged this but I had my biggest Shoot day since I quit my corporate job What's funny is that it was literally exactly what I did at my corporate job, but a lot easier and I'll tell you why So just to give you a little background. I had a corporate job for like a year and a half after college I was working on the social team for a student housing company I was a photographer and videographer and it's crazy because I got this job literally two weeks before Kovat hit and I was trying to pursue photography and videography on my own But it was so hard because I had just moved to Austin and had no connections whatsoever and if you were a photographer you know that photography is really like referral based and it takes so long to build up credibility and just like Have people know about you around town so I'm very very grateful that this job opportunity kind of fell in my lap because it was from an older sorority sister actually told Me to apply to it. So thankful for her So I got the job and I was basically supposed to like travel to all these properties just to get marketing materials But since Kovat hit like I wasn't able to travel a ton I basically just turned into an editor for some of the properties just like editing their video materials with their iPhone Which was not great back then and then I also was doing the social media for the corporate account which honestly kind of sucked because I did not love talking in a corporate voice and Just like writing captions I mean chat did not exist you guys like life would have been so much easier because I had the hardest time With captions and I still really do because I'm not like the best with words But especially back then when there was a lot of information that I had to put into the captions But then after a while I was able to travel a little bit so they would send me to Properties like in Pullman, Washington, which is like rolling hills. No uber It was just the craziest experience because I was like traveling alone, too So I would film like lifestyle videos for these properties and take photos for them to use in like brochures So show me do all the things so this is basically what I did on was it last week. I think it was last week Tuesday Yeah, it's been a full week and I already edited the whole entire gallery sent that over this morning I'm so happy with how it turned out. They basically just wanted photos So that's why it was so much easier because at my other job I would do video Photo and I would take pictures of interiors exteriors I also didn't matter poor if you guys know what that is It's like 3d walking tours online, but it was still a little bit nervous showing up to the shoot day because it was the longest Duration I've shot since like a couple years because I tried weddings when I first got here It's just not my thing and then I've learned that like grad sessions do not even need to be like two hours two hours is my max issue day was Like ten to four and it went very smoothly and it was so much fun because I actually was working with a girl I knew from UCF and the best part about it is that it paid very very well Which was lovely because at my corporate job Like that would have been an hourly rate and it would have been nothing compared to what I am able to charge doing freelance I do have a few galleries to edit in the coffee shop So I'm excited to get to those and I'm meeting my friend Lauren. She also does YouTube vlogs She recently moved to Austin and I feel like it's so different talking to someone who does YouTube instead of just doing tik-tok and Instagram because she like gets like a whole different level of like being a Creator and it's just so nice to rant to her Knowing each other our cameras and she's gonna sell me I used to have a cannon This is like crystal clear. It is. Yeah, so he's video is I know I'm like you're gonna just it's more smooth. Yeah, the only focus everything I went through like five can of juice up next it's like You're like probably sell it for parts or something. Oh, I know So happy I actually kind of thought there would be like Kiana ended up meeting us out here Birthday girl treated us to some beautiful face, but we are heading out Done Kiana realized that Lauren literally left her purse right where we were sitting. So I'm gonna go deliver it to her Freshly showered because I came home and I was like, you know what? It would just make sense to wash my hair today My hair washing schedule is a little bit thrown off because we are going to the lake on Saturday for 4th of July and Kiana's birthday I'm obviously gonna wash my hair then but usually I wash it on Friday after our weightlifting class workout So that just changes everything So I thought I would just like go ahead and wash it now and I have the time so like why not Blow it out, but I did just use this whole line This is L'Oreal L vibe and I've actually heard amazing things about like this collection of L'Oreal But it is the volumizing one and I just got it in PR it's like, you know, let's try it This obviously isn't sponsored I'm curious because I do want that volume and I have been using a different kind of most recently So I wonder if this is any different. I have the Dyson air wrap It was like one of the first versions, but I honestly like my shark flex style better because look at this Like how cool is that? So it doesn't need an extra attachment just to use like the regular blow-dry Actually just realized I've been using one of the L'Oreal products But I guess this isn't the L vibe but I have been using this just for Some extra shine and like humidity control. Oh, okay That kind of just went into my eye. I used to never put product in my hair Look how many products I'm putting in my hair now. Okay, this is literally so important. This is the Kenra blow-dry spray I've been talking about this ---- for years. It cuts down your blow-dry time like almost by 50% It's absolutely nuts And it smells Like a salon. I love the way it smells. I'm gonna go in with this attachment. Please don't judge me I know I need to clean the brush pedal if you've been watching the vlogs You know my situation with my baby hairs and it's driving me absolutely insane I air dry my hair the other day for the first time in forever and That was not smart I should have at least blew out my bangs because they were not sitting How I want them to sit Because it is 4th of July weekend and we did our usual Friday workout today We changed it up so last minute because we were like, oh people have like the day off tomorrow Our friend Andy is coming to visit us this weekend for Keanu's birthday boat and she's gonna be here today So we thought we would just like do a trail walk tomorrow morning and get to sleep in a little bit But I wish I knew that sooner because I did wash my hair and blow it out yesterday So I was like shoot like I don't wanna sweat and Keanu did the same cuz she had her birthday dinner yesterday So today during the workout, we tried to take it easy, but that was not happening It was such a sweaty workout anytime. I see box jumps on the whiteboard I know it's gonna be a bad one, which is great going into the holiday weekend You know, we're gonna be like eating junk food all the things so I do feel good that I got that done But I wouldn't have blowed out my hair if I knew that or I would have waited till this morning to like wash my hair So we're gonna touch it up just cuz I feel like it's it's lost its luster I haven't used this tool in so long and I thought I would film a little tick-tock video about it, too This is from Bond I boost and it's like that heated round brush So I thought I would just like add back in some like layers and just some smoothness. So let's see what this can do My hair has been brought back to life you can see all my long layers now And I'll make sure there's space like for text if you want to paint a little shoot for Society she gets all these cute little moms together. Yes and throws events events It's a whole network of moms across Austin over 950 moms Yeah, that's amazing so I'm excited for her to get the photos One more where you're when you answer the phone Maybe you can just like act like you're grabbing the stroller with your hands like put your foot down I think no coffee cup because you can really Three two one Look to the window again, I almost want you to like really cover yourself in that blazer Yeah, yeah perfect, I'm gonna get that hair out of the place So your head this way more. Yeah, there we go. You got it cute I'm gonna come back more just in case you want text over you And just like look to the side You know, it'd be cool if we did the shutter speed like blurry thing Do you want me to do that smile big really really big or maybe even just like in your head like kind of like Yeah Lean forward a lot. There we go. Three two one and go Keep going Another the worst thing about your dog getting old. She doesn't even hear you come in Good morning, Sophie Hello The shoot went so well, she's gorgeous and I'm so excited to edit the photos I'm so glad I got to use my flash for a couple too because I just like want to practice more with flash I did a bunch of camcorder stuff because I just thought that's like fun to have, you know for her to just edit down on Her own, but now I have a call with a past brand partner Because they want to like do a deep briefing a creator roundtable I believe all the creators that join the campaign are gonna be on this call and just like talk through Feedback and all that stuff. They did give us the questions beforehand. So I might just do a little prep I was also thinking do I go the day without caffeine, but I don't know guys Like I woke up pretty early obviously don't have time for a nap. So we are gonna go with Milani new I do feel like it is a little too late to be drinking this But also I'm going to dinner with my friends at 7 and last night at 7 I felt like I was hit by a train I was so dang tired. So like that can't happen tonight Like I'd rather stay up till midnight then be like so sleepy at dinner. So a lot of new it is I'm Sonali and I started on YouTube in 2013 just got off the call and it is such a weird experience emailing these people for like months and then Finally seeing what they even look like because I had no idea this whole time I mean over email maybe sometimes Gmail will show you a little tiny profile picture But you can't even like click in to really see it like blown up So I don't think this girl had a profile picture. So I just didn't even know what she looked like It's funny to like actually meet them well not in real life But technically I guess video call is like the closest thing Rather than just like emailing someone like they actually are a person, you know The brand was on it and the agency was on it so I just really hope that the agency liked me so that I can work with them again and again because I think they have Some really good brands and just connects under them. I Want to leave for dinner a little bit early I told my friends we should go early so we could take Photos because I want to dress cute and get some cute content for this glam is just looking so good I filmed a tick-tock on this blush combo and the glow is holding up. So I'm really really happy to report that I probably should film a ton of other stuff. Well, I have makeup on And I always write down content ideas on my calendar and my calendar looks absolutely insane whenever I bring up my calendar and show people they're like Girl, are you okay? And I'm just like no no because my mind this is what my mind looks like I mean, it probably doesn't even look like that crazy. But let me show you. Okay, this was last month There is just so many things on each day Because I treat this Like my to-do list which I know is really not a good habit Like I do not recommend people to do this But all of the yellow are my tick-tock ideas the red is just like Things I like have to have to do And the blue this teal blue is fun things social things Oh green is when I get something done I'll change that and then after the day sometimes I'll do so many things throughout the day and then like my friends will be like Oh, so what you do yesterday? I'm like Girl, I couldn't tell you. I just feel like I'm go-go-go Moving on to you know, the next task after the next task There's just like so many little things that maybe it doesn't feel so productive So I like to see you know, the things I got done during the day, especially the big things that I've been putting off The morning it's Friday and it does not feel like Friday I said this yesterday I knew this would happen But it's because everyone has the day off and I'm meeting my friends at South Congress in just a second We're gonna go to La La Land that was Andy's request and then we're just gonna walk around and of course I'm wearing my favorite set active matching set Kiana's trying the banana cloud matcha from La La Land because she was obsessed with do you like it? Yay, what do you think compared to sand matcha? Okay, no, yeah, yeah totally Yeah, like a little more artificial Yes, so we went to okay good. At least you found one that's close to home We went to sand matcha in Mexico City like every single day and it was so good. I Just got a regular matcha You guys my edible flowers are finally blooming these are nasturtiums I think they're called and you can literally eat them people say that they have a peppery taste and I don't even know what that Means, so I'm like so excited to actually try and taste them garden is looking very full and beautiful except for my rose plant Because that was not under the sprinkler. So I just put it there wait That is a zinnia. I grew from seed and it's beautiful small, but it's beautiful There is a tomato back here that looks a little sad, but it's turning red So I think I should pick it and like let it ripen on the counter. I don't know what's happening up here It's right on the bottom you guys. I think I see a little baby I've been waiting so long for these things to bloom. Also, look at this one I think this is butternut squash and I've heard that people eat these flowers. I think I've said this before but I'm like Do I eat them? Like I'm so curious. Maybe I should look that up because they look like they're pretty edible today. So I Don't think this one has any Things on it Also, the blue salvia is thriving and bushing out. So I'm so happy about that. We're having a pool day This is the second time I've used this pool all summer long, but I guess we're in the middle of summer But just the backyard looks so nice and it's super sunny out. So I'm definitely gonna be having to put on a hat Sunny's cover the face. We're gonna be spending a lot of time in the Sun this weekend We had a very relaxing day we hung out in our cowboy pool, which was so nice Cuz I feel like we don't use it enough I mean Ryan actually uses it a lot more than me But I feel like it's a lot of effort even though it's like literally in a backyard So I need to just like shut up But it's always so nice when we do use it and I need to use it more Here is the outfit for dinner tonight. I believe this dress is under $100 and I think it's so freaking cute I didn't even realize that has like a lace on the side It's from revolve shoes are from Amazon and they're like the lower heel. I actually have a higher heel I prefer these walk easier, of course And then this necklace, I feel like I get a lot of questions on this necklace. It's from brilliant earth It's just a very simple necklace, but I feel like I needed a little something fun We're getting Mexican food tonight right actually made me a cocktail just now, which was pretty good And I'm definitely gonna wear a mark when we get there Happy July 4th, I'm gonna make a Hugo spritz to go. I think I'm gonna do two of these single-serve bottles Just so I could have Two spritzes. Here we go It's not as exciting because it doesn't make a pop but that's okay These are the little Marco brand and a single serving is just so genius I think it came in a pack of six or four, but I've had these just around the house for a while now I think these are the last two but it's just perfect because you don't have to waste a whole Prosecco bottle and like open one and Not finish it because that just makes me sad st. Germain elderflower. Look order. I never say that, right? adding in some sparkling water and I do like to add in more of this stuff because it's on the sweeter side I like my Hugo spritzes to be a little bit sweet just picked all this mint from the garden So we are going to use that today So good. We're also gonna add Some juice of a lemon. It's going everywhere, but the cup It's good. I think I'm gonna put a little bit more sparkling water Sucks that it's not very aesthetic, but that's okay. It's still yummy. We were celebrating Kiana's birthday today So I made her a little birthday banner. I'll show you guys what it looks like when I hang it up She did not ask for that She doesn't know that I did that but I contacted her mom and asked for the baby photos and I think it turned out really cute It's kind of smaller than I was hoping but it would be cute to go on like their bar cart So we're gonna pack up our bags and head over Happy 30th